He moves slowly and silently through the night — one man alone with a deadly weapon, hunting his prey, which just happen to be Russian soldiers..But you will never see him, ever. Nor will his victims..You will only hear the distant crack of a rifle, and yet another victim, falling from the impact of a heavy machine-gun round shot from the barrel of his Snipex Alligator rifle..With a kill-range of approximately four miles, it doesn’t give a target much chance of survival..According to Kyiv, a Ukrainian sniper has been hunting Russian soldiers one by one and has come very close to setting a world record, SOFREP.com reported..On November 13, the Office of Strategic Communications (STRATCOM) of the Armed Forces of Ukraine shared the photos, along with a statement saying, “A Ukrainian sniper came close to breaking the world record for the longest combat sniper shot.”.“With the onset of dusk, snipers of special forces units of the National Guard go hunting. Very quick and accurate work by one of them last night.”.A Canadian sniper currently holds the existing world record, taking down an ISIS jihadist from a distance of 3,540 meters in Iraq in 2017..Reportedly, a Predator drone may have filmed the record-breaking shot by the Canadian sniper, which took 10 seconds to reach its target, SOFREP.com reported..Likewise a British sniper named Craig Harrison took out two Taliban fighters from a range of 2,475 meters in Helmand Province, Afghanistan, in 2009.. A British sniper with a L115A3 rifle.A British sniper with a L115A3 rifle. .Afghan National Police confirmed the kills after visiting the scene shortly afterward in an attempt to seize their weapons..An Apache helicopter with a laser range finder was then sent to the location to determine the distance between Harrison’s position and the target location..The sniper’s identity remains a mystery, but the Ukrainian military said the sniper shot and killed a Russian soldier at a distance of 2,710 meters, based on footage that the military said was a view down the sniper’s scope, SOFREP.com reported..“The occupier was eliminated by a precise shot of our special forces from a distance of 2,710 metres — a distance that now ranks second in the world ranking, confirmed by the command of the Armed Forces.”.The video in question shows a man walking among trees before being lined up through the scope of a gun. After the rifle has been fired, the man drops to the ground, and then the thermal sight rises..A second individual runs over to the person to help, while the sniper firing a second shot to finish off the initial target..The video — which has gone viral — raises some questions..Some weapons experts have questioned the veracity of the video, pointing out the soldier appears to have been shot and then immediately falls to the ground, an event that supposedly took place over a great distance..Verifying military kills during the conflict is challenging because of the dangers involved in getting information from behind enemy lines. As a result, self-reporting by soldiers is the primary method of confirmation, SOFREP.com reported.. The Snipex Alligator sniper rifle, along with a box if its deadly heavy ammo rounds.The Snipex Alligator sniper rifle, along with a box if its deadly heavy ammo rounds. .According to Ukraine’s military chiefs, one of their snipers already accomplished the second-longest recorded sniper kill in history, killing Russian soldiers from more than 2,500 meters away..The claim a Ukrainian soldier shot at a group of people in the village of Nizhniy Bolkhov on June 24 is still being investigated, according to media reports..Both Ukrainian incidents may never be proven or verified. Lost forever in the fog of war..The record-setting Canadian shot by two snipers assigned to Joint Task Force 2 (JTF2), was taken from the upper floors of a high-rise building using a McMillan TAC-50 sniper rifle, and occurred in Mosul..The L115A3 Long Range Rifle shot was taken by Craig Harrison under ‘perfect” conditions — calm weather, mild temperatures, and good visibility..Ukrainian snipers are using a Snipex Alligator anti-material rifle, a relatively new weapon, made by Snipex..The latter is a Ukrainian manufacturer of large-caliber firearms and a subsidiary company of XADO-Holding..Snipex claims that its Alligator model can reach an effective distance of 2,000 metres (1.24 mile) and a maximum range of under 7,000 metres (4.35 mile)..The Alligator, which is two-metres in length and weighs 25 kg, can penetrate 30 mm of armor at a distance of 100 meters, or 10 mm of armor-plate from 1.5 km, according to Technology ORG.. Camouflage is everything: a sniper from the Ukrainian army.Camouflage is everything: a sniper from the Ukrainian army.
